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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:27 AM
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I have this little Buddha statue by my pond ... (dial-up warning.)
And a few minutes ago, a lizard was checking it out:



So, perhaps it's comfy ...



Ahh, yes, it is!



Chilling ...



The lizard sat there for a minute.

And here's an open pond iris:



Hope you enjoy!
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:29 AM
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1. Thanks CMW. Those are lovely photos.
The lizard indeed looks comfy just chillin'

The pond Iris is gorgeous.

aA
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:36 AM
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3. I love when they put their feet into the air to cool them off,
sometimes it looks like a dance. :)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:30 AM
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2. I could follow the story until the last frame, then I got lost
Must be one of those Buddhism things
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:46 AM
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6. I guess that's how the lizard felt, too.
;)
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:41 AM
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4. So the Buddha is just there to lull prey for your cat?
How wiley.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:49 AM
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7. LOL!
Ginger never showed real interest in lizards, although he just saw the statue the first time and was like 'WTF is that?' He approached it very defensively, sniffed it and went away.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:43 AM
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5. My dear Call Me Wesley!
These are wonderful photos! Thank you for your excellent eye...

The lizard pics are perfect, and the iris is sooo gorgeous too!

I always enjoy your work.

:hi:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 11:52 AM
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8. Thank you!
The lizard was quite nice to wait for me until I got the camera and yelled 'aaaaaand action!' :)

:hi:
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:23 PM
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9. Nice pictures
Do you know what kind of lizard that is?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:27 PM
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10. Yes, Podarcis muralis - Wall lizard, most common here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_lizard
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:42 PM
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11. Thanks
You made that too easy. :hi:
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 12:45 PM
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12. Great photos!
However, while Buddha may have the lizards, Francis got the birds.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:26 PM
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14. I wonder, did he also have cats?
These poor song birds! :cry:

:P
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:23 PM
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13. I heard that fried lizard was one of Siddhartha's favorite meals.
:silly:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 01:50 PM
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15. Yeah, after St. Francis ate all them little birdies! ;)
Fried lizard ...



:rofl:
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 02:10 PM
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16. Excellent pics, CMW!
Thanks for sharing them! :yourock: :hug: :)
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 04:09 PM
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18. Thank you, friend!
I was just lucky that the lizard did wait until I got the camera. ;) :hug:
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 03:01 PM
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17. Great pics!
We want to build a pond...someday...
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 04:13 PM
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19. It's a great thing!
This one's just a little one, but it's quite inhabited by frogs, tadpoles and at least two of these pretty ones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Salamander.
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 07:20 PM
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24. Is it alot of work to construct it?
Cost alot?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:18 AM
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25. Not necessarily.
Depends on how big you want it, with or without fishes (then maintenance is somewhat high.) The little one I have is a pre-made pond, kinda like this: http://www.growsonyou.com/jacque/blog/1428-everything-u-need2-build-make-a-pond

Then all you really need is to dig the hole for it, decorate it, buy a pump (or filter,) and some plants. Same goes for a liner pond. If you have frogs, etc., where you live, it'll be inhabited very quickly. Otherwise just enjoy the sight and sound of it.

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/pic/article.cfm?aid=745
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 07:58 AM
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32. Cool. Thanks.
I like the plastic pool idea.
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:03 PM
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20. Nice Buddha. Nice photos. dc
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:56 AM
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27. Thank you!
:hi:
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:17 PM
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21. Just beatiful!
I want to put in a pond with a statue of Kwan Yin.

I love gardening.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:58 AM
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28. Oh, very nice!
I'm sure it'll look great! This is just a little pre-made pond, but it does change the garden significantly. :hi:
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:22 PM
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22. Too cool! That's a chuby lizard!
That sounds a bit risque doesn't it?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 07:00 AM
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29. It's a full grown adult.
We also have tiny babies running around.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:41 PM
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36. I had a "pet" lizard in Thailand
Actually, he was just a wild lizard who took refuge in my house. Every morning I could hear him eating the dead cockroaches.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-08-11 06:22 PM
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23. Nothing's better than an enlightened lizard...
...well, actually, there are probably a lot of things better than an enlightened lizard, but THIS one ROCKS.

:toast:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 07:01 AM
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30. Heh! Might turn into Godzilla!
Who knows! :toast:
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 06:43 AM
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26. That lizard is gettin his meditate on. Instead of looking at his own navel
He's lookin at Buddha's.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 07:02 AM
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31. He was there the longest time checking the statue out real good.
And then decided to climb it and spread his feet. :hi:
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 08:41 AM
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33. Where his Buddhabellybe?
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I've always liked and identified with (and at times LOOKED like) the post-ascetic Buddha.
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And, modest though I may be... I think you'll see in the next passage that there are good
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The Brahmin Sonadanda described him as "handsome, good-looking, and pleasing to
the eye, with a most beautiful complexion. He has a godlike form and countenance,
he is by no means unattractive."
"It is wonderful, truly marvellous, how serene is the good Gotama's appearance,
how clear and radiant his complexion, just as the golden jujube in autumn is clear
and radiant, just as a palm-tree fruit just loosened from the stalk is clear and
radiant, just as an adornment of red gold wrought in a crucible by a skilled goldsmith,
deftly beaten and laid on a yellow-cloth shines, blazes and glitters, even so, the
good Gotama's senses are calmed, his complexion is clear and radiant."
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Plus, we both got blue eyes n' stuff.
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Signed,
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...MFM -- your golden jujube on the path of life
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 12:27 PM
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35. Jujube? :)
I do have a few Chinese 'laughing Buddhas' around, but the main ones are like:
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I know you'll like it!
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Hang on, it get's raunchy!
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Almost there ...
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That's one (two) of my statues:
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:12 PM
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37. SURPRISE BUDDHSEX!!!!! n/t
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A clear and radiant GOLDEN jujube!!!
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 11:57 AM
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34. Very Nice Pics!
The lizard is an amazing touch. :)
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 01:31 PM
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38. I was lucky to catch the moment.
Thank you! :hi:
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 03:11 PM
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39. Great pictures!


"I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion." ~ Nicolas Cage
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:24 PM
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42. Thank you!
Bob Denver on acid, eh? I think that already happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTSrde9IJ9g

:rofl:
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:03 PM
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40. I'll look forward to more!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:25 PM
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43. I'll post some if I have more.
Thank you! :hi:
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:05 PM
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41. That's so cool. Thanks for sharing that!
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:26 PM
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44. Thanks!
It was one of the rare occasions. :hi:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-09-11 04:32 PM
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45. nice critter!
very nice :headbang:

I have a pond now, just finished it last year so this is it's first Spring. None of the flowers have bloomed yet. I'd love to see a lizard like this but we're in such a crowded city, I'm just hoping to see frogs and salamanders.
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